Shake 'n' Vibrate Radio with DJ B The T Jr.

Just B the T Jr. and a pile of revved up rock 'n' roll a la (pictured) Wet Leg, Slade, Mary Gauthier, Paul Westerberg, Mickey Dolenz, Otis Redding and never forget - the South Bay Surfers!

With thanks to all who donated over $21K in support of radical, freeform, community radio! You can always donate at wpkn.org/donate My shift with Herman Olivera highlighting the summer/fall's great concert dates. DIIIIIG!

RATBONE APPROVED! Another pounding and resounding Shake N Vibe with selections by B The T Jr. - Cheap Trick, Redd Kross, Lys Guillorn, Everly Brothers, Aretha Franklin, oh my!

VERY SPECIAL GUESTS, KWEEN KONG, IN-STUDIO on another SHAKE 'N' VIBRATE RADIO on WPKN 89.5FM BRIDGEPORT, BABY! at the 7:45AM hour taking over the DJ decks and waxing rock 'n' roll domination. One of New Haven's best IMHO. Excited to have had them here. Otherwise its the usual high energy frisee salad with co-conspirators VVEBS, The Problem With Kids Today, the Raincoats, Devo, Irma Thomas and mo'...

THURS 5/7, 7-9AM we commence tomorrow reflecting on the sage words Swamp Dogg once bestowed on me and @dansoto when we told him he looked great. Swamp said, "Well, I think if I look like shit, I'll probably play like shit." This is to say I'll be LOOKING GREAT as I broadcast on @ rifling through, yes, new Swamp Dogg, Stones, Gary Stewart, the Ronettes (oh, Nedra!), C & The Shells, The Bub Club...

THURS! 4/23, 7-9AM EST on WPKN, Shake 'n' Vibrate soldiers on in the redemptive rock 'n' roll spirit for its 51st WPKN show?! With levitating music by such hitmakers as Jedediah Parish, Suburban Lawns, and Grandpaboy . Singer/songwriter and all-around prolific artist, Kierstin Sieser , joins us at the 8AM hour to discuss her latest album Love's Poem  out on Dead Language Records . Kierstin waxes a...

THURS, 7-9AM and via apple podcasts beyond that, its SHAKE N VIBRATE on WPKN, your shot of rock n roll caffeine to get your morning on the move. The 8AM hour brings SPECIAL GUEST BUZZ GORDO (pictured o' course) of New Haven's legendary BIG BAD JOHNS, GONE NATIVE, and BRONSON ROCK who will be previewing his new solo album "Pen and Ink." We'll be chewing the fat and spinning trax, come join us! Albu...

DJ B The T Jr. soldiers on through this cruel world finding refuge in the starlets and nuggets of rock 'n' roll. Featuring Shake 'n' Vibrate patron saints Slade, Bully, Stereolab, Jalen Ngonda, Julia Cumming (pictured above), Teenage Fanclub, Dirtbombs and more bands/artists you should be wrapped in! WPKN's own Christine Ohlman ( Soul Hive ), Beehive Queen, calls 'round 8AM to preview her The Quee...

Rise with the greats 7-9AM at WPKN 89.5FM for another installment of Shake 'n' Vibrate Radio. Scene here is SNV patron saint Les Blank, documentarian extraordinaire whose films on garlic, gap-toothed women, creole cooking, new london polka (not kidding) are essential viewing! I say this because tangentially my 8AM guest will be Sean Fox from the Norwalk Film Festival hitting Friday March 20 throug...

THURSDAY! It's the hallowed SHAKE 'n' VIBRATE morning tradition taking a sojourn into the world and influence of my pal the recently passed Scott Foust - musician/theorist/thinker/drinker/instigator/commander/director visionary behind Idea Fire Company (IFCO), The Pickle Factory, Anti-Naturals, the fabulous Swill Radio distro and catalogs (The Quality Quality since 1983) and so much more. Will pai...

ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER SHOW! Oh, where doth the time go? Maybe our high-banged, beloved rockers SLADE know? Figure it all out with Shake 'n' Vibrate Radio live again and in your ears THURS 2/12 @ 7-9AM EST and across all verses and perpetuities in the Apple podcast realm. Love on ya!

SHAKE 'n' VIBRATE RADIO RETURNS! Asking the eternal question: if a radio show is not promoted, does anyone hear it? Tune into hot moving rock n roll essentials like Arthur Alexander pictured here; an obsession of both Elvis and the fab four...

OH THE DELUSIONS OF YOUTH! Look what rock 'n' roll can do to a man. This man being Mark E. Smith. One of only a handful of Smiths I like if you catch my drift Morrissey! Hear a Fall classic with this crooner as well as plenty other rock 'n' roll goldies. Start your day right with the equivalent of an espresso to the face! I'M SO OVER 2026!

All hail Juliana Hatfield ! Fate. Practice. Art. Creation. Dogs. Big talk, no time for small. Juliana  joins me for the second hour discussing the recent release of her incredible new record, Lightning Might Strike. Catch it on Bandcamp via American Laundromat Records (Mystic, CT's own!) Photo by David Doobinin. First hour is my usual megamix greatness with Steve Cropper, Yoko Ono, Kid Ginseng, Sh...

Fate. Practice. Art. Creation. Dogs. Big talk, no time for small. Juliana Hatfield joins me for the hour on the recent release of Lightning Might Strike. Catch it on Bandcamp via American Laundromat Records (Mystic, CT's own!) Photo by David Doobinin

It's another egg in the face kinda morning at WPKN with a 7-9AM Shake 'n' Vibrate Radio THURS 12/4. TUNE IN locally at 89.5FM or stream from anywhere via wpkn.org or our fabulous free apps. A two-hour expedition with nothing, but me at the controls setting the daze rock 'n' roll, funk, soul, punk tone. For those keeping score, I'll be giving away pairs of tix to Saturdaze holiday Levees extravagan...

The second hour of Thursday's Shake 'n' Vibrate Radio brings special guest Tracey Santa , who with DJ B The T Jr. will explore the world of Jerker Emanuelson and Sound Asleep Records. Living an obscuro rockers dream, Jerker has been releasing music on Sound Asleep Records since 1994. 69 releases in 31 years. Single artist LPs/CDs, a couple of singles, dozens of compilations. All financed by the me...

In this WPKN fundraising madness (wpkn.org/donate if you are so inclined), DJ B The T Jr. calls on the pros. Bill Tobelman, founder of https://goodhumorsmile.com/ - this website presents a theory about the Beach Boys' SMiLE album that is based upon comments Brian Wilson made in 1966 regarding the spiritual nature of the project. If you want to know where Brian Wilson's head was at in 1966-67, and...

THURS 10/9, 7-10am its a final @shake_n_vibrate for a few weeks, but with fave dance floor raver (back when this was a live event @cafenine) JENN D of @ponybirdmusic @wearebison and more! We talk Jenn’s new album while she selects the 8AM hour. Beyond that, expect the usual rock n roll nonsense you've come to know and love on @wpkn89.5 Visit Ponybird on Bandcamp

Go to the WPKN GOLD SOUNDS podcast for the Katy Pinke audio. Amazing. Orig HYPE: THURS 9/18, 7-10AM on @ join us for the wild ride of another SHAKE 'N' VIBRATE RADIO. First hour features the usual rock 'n' roll, junk, and funk you've come to expect from this ruffian. Second hour features (above) the premiere of the WPKN Gold Sounds broadcast/podcast featuring New York based multidisciplinary artis...